Based on the inspiring new productivity offering from FranklinCovey, this planner’s clean design and inspiring quotes will help you make the most important decisions first. Includes 2 page monthly calendars.

I have been a huge weekly planner fan of FC for a long time (6+ years). Last year I switched from ring bound to wire bound, which I love because it makes...Read complete review

I have been a huge weekly planner fan of FC for a long time (6+ years). Last year I switched from ring bound to wire bound, which I love because it makes long term storage easier. Last year I also tried to switch to a page per day planner because I was having trouble finding a planner with enough space for a to-do list and appointments. Unfortunately, I hated it. This year I switched back to weekly. The nice part is that the to-do list can be seen all week, so you don't have to rewrite it every other day. Also, I have a nice cover to put my planner in, but this model does come with a nice black plastic cover on the front and back. There are two BIG CONS to this planner. FIRST, the months are all gathered in the front, not by the weeks. After calling FC, the service rep told me that ALL of their wirebound planners are set up this way! FC PLEASE READ YOUR REVIEWS. THIS DOES NOT WORK! I would say 90% of the people have commented that they don't like this fact, and yet, no other options exist. I read reviews before hand so this is not a surprise, but it took the planner from 5 starts to a 3-4 star planner. SECOND, is that this planner is Boring! It is grey and black and has no personality. I like colors and designs in something that I stare at for so much time. This does not bother me anywhere near as much as my first complaint though. FC has a good reputation in the customer service arena. I would hope someone would read these comments and realize that most of their customers want a wirebound option with the months dividing the weeks and not lumped in the front.

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I have been using Franklin Planner pre Covey merger. And after owning several leather monarch binders I have moved to wirebound planning. This wire bound planner appeared fine on delivery, but when I...Read complete review

I have been using Franklin Planner pre Covey merger. And after owning several leather monarch binders I have moved to wirebound planning. This wire bound planner appeared fine on delivery, but when I tried to remove the stick product label on the back cover ... the finish of the cover was compromised. User error or design flaw ? I did not return and have it taped and on desk. Ugly fix but functional. It looks like a war correspondant's journal, but it is still waiting for action - Jan 1, 2012. The sticker bothered me ... and I tried to remove it ... I paid the price twice ... once for product and second time for compromising finish of cover. Not 100% satisfied, but blame myself for trying to de-gum cover with wet wash cloth.

I use this product primarily for planning work; it has room for personal 'stuff' too. It has sufficient space for meetings, key tasks and notes. The only drawback is that the spiral is too large for my leather binder and it won't close 'flat'; I won't buy it again...

This allows me to schedule meetings, projects for a full year with no monthly refills necessary. Very convenient, compact and easy to use. With the notes section there is plenty of space for keeping project/meeting notes

I lave the balance of the weekly space to track appointments & tasks. It works perfectly for me.

I wish the monthly at a glance pages were embedded w/ the weekly pages so I didn't have to flip back & forth so much.

After 20+ years of using a traditional 3-ring binder & inserting & taking out months as needed - this is so sleek & simple ... that I've lost it twice already (slightly different weight & bulk -- but it is w/ me always now!

I've used the 5 Choices weekly planner for just a month, but so far it's everything I expected. It's sturdy with rugged covers, strong spiral wire, and good quality paper. In addition to sections for roles and goals, master tasks, and notes, it includes two-page monthly overview calendars for the entire year and two-page weekly overview calendars with spaces to list key tasks for each day. I especially like that the bottom half of each page is open. I can list all of my weekly to-dos by project, then list each one on the day I will do it. I can also write plenty of notes in the open space. Closed, it measures just 8.5" x 6.5" by 0.625", so it fits handily into a computer bag. I've had Franklin Covey ring-binder planners that were more flexible, but they were all too large to travel easily. This one works just as I had hoped.

I like the split between open space for writing tasks and the daily calendar. I can list out several tasks for each project on the bottom and use the top for appointments or to put tasks with deadlines on a specific day.Only think I would change - Add a small caendar for both the next month at the top (in addition to the small celandar for the current month).

I retired 15 years ago and stopped using my Franklin Day Planner, which had been SO important in my career. In fact, I was in a leadership position where I promoted it during our company's launch into a Quality Improvement Process (based on Crosby's "Quality is Free" book) involving every employee. The QIP was extremely popular in the '80s and '90s, especially in manufacturing companies that were able to reduce costs and improve ALL work quality tremendously from ideas of employees at all levels, just by looking at all aspects of our production and personal work processes. It was very well received at all levels, as was the Franklin Day Planner by perhaps 1/3 of the employees—especially those who had very busy and complex jobs. I have no doubt the Franklin Day Planner was a major contributor to all those many, many millions of dollars of cost and quality improvements. All by focusing and prioritizing our attention and using time most effectively.

But when I retired, I figured it was time to enjoy life and there was no need to keep such detail about everything I was doing. Well, several months ago I came to realize this was a mistake. :( What I needed was a DIFFERENT Franklin Planner. I saw a need for more planning in our home and was attracted by the sleek black weekly planner with a big 5 on the front bottom corner, standing for "The 5 Choices" (to extraordinary productivity). Wow, I thought, they've really summarized and enhanced in a most effective way the essence of their training I remember from way back when.

Well, after purchasing it and enjoying its design and content (complete with daily quotes), I started thinking about how important it is for planning Home and Family tasks and projects and events. I then remembered how one time I found a piece of paper in the 1990s, that was from the 1980s, of projects to do in the house. I checked off the things that had been done and chuckled when I saw about 2/3 of them had never been done. :)

I started reflecting on the fact that, although I tried planning for home projects in my work-focused Franklin Day Planner, it was just overwhelmed by the importance of the work projects I was doing. I also reflected that planning for my family was largely impromptu, except for vacations that we all took a big interest in planning in detail. We were active in church, but that didn't require much planning unless we were involved in projects or education or the church council. I didn't use my Franklin Day Planner much for those because I didn't want to clutter up my work-related things to do, or distract my mind from important non-work things to do.

Well, here's the bottom line suggestion for your consideration: if you use a Franklin Day Planner, a wise choice for your work day and work calendar planning, consider also purchasing this weekly planner and titling it: "2015 Home & Family Planner" with subtitle "And Memories". Don't even THINK of putting anything related to work in there!

I put Home first in the title because it so often is the most neglected in terms of planning—we tend to be driven by things that have broken and need repair, or landscaping that needs weekly attention, rather than thinking in terms of long range planning of such useful things as redesign and remodeling for a more beautiful, effective and fun home life for the family.

And when it comes to family, we also tend to be driven a lot by impromptu decisions, like going to a movie, or addressing things going out of kilter, or getting new clothes for the season coming, or shopping for event presents. Again, not long range planning.

How about thinking with our spouse and maybe the whole family about things that we should be doing as a family or considering for individuals to meet their needs and joys in life. Not just randomly on the spur of the moment, but by spending time planning, such as for a two-or-three-week vacation trip driving around Europe with specific learning objectives. Or considering a family membership at an exercise and sports competition facility. Or going as a family on a church mission trip that is being offered for a week.

I like 5 Choices' recommendation to spend 30 minutes a week planning, say a Saturday morning, with specific tasks identified, and then a few minutes each day closing out on things that have been done in support of our planning. Finally, and best of all, reporting in the Notes pages Memories that will be fun to read in the future! Or sad ones that may be helpful for reflection in the future or for launching new plans and tasks that will help the family.

Those are my thoughts for this NEW USE of this brilliant Franklin Covey 5 Choices tool, NOT FOR WORK, but for our FAMILY and our HOME, and for MEMORIES to fondly review in the future, all in one compact bound volume for the whole year. And EACH year of the future. Kept on a special personal bookcase where these annual reviews of what the family did, and its memories, is carefully kept private for review by members of the family as time goes on.

If your children are already grown up, consider giving them each a 2015 5 Choices weekly planner. In fact, I gave one to each of our four adult children, who are in the same boat I was back at their ages—overloaded with work and finding it hard to plan for home and family. :|